Opinion

Cal Thomas: On Syria, Trump channels George McGovern

By Cal Thomas The year was 1972, and Americans wanted out of the Vietnam War; the right because ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: When storyteller sister reunite

By Sharon Randall Once a week or so I call my sister and we talk for an hour. ...

Opinion

John Hood: Local political future may surprise us

RALEIGH — During the 1990s and early 2000s, urban elections were an arena of robust partisan politics in ...

Guest columns

Thom Tillis: House holds up passage of trade deal

By Thom Tillis President Donald Trump’s trade strategy is certainly a bold one, but even the president’s loudest ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: Impeach Congress, keep President Trump

By Ada Fisher Never in my lifetime has one president been as vilified as President Donald John Trump. ...

My Turn

My turn, Francis Koster and Jean Kadela: Plastics make their way into food

By Francis Koster and Jean Kadela According to a 2018 report released by the National Ocean Service, a ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts Jr.: How the times have changed

By Leonard Pitts Jr. You may, if you are old enough, recall a TV actor named Foster Brooks. ...

Health

David Freeze: Teri hits 50 pound mark

With three months to go, usually success or lack of it has come from habits, good or bad. ...

Opinion

George F. Will: Does ‘sex’ include sexual orientation?

By George F. Will WASHINGTON — The beginning of the Supreme Court’s term this week includes momentous oral ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Where Christians should put sole trust and faith

By Cal Thomas The debate about political power and authority among those who profess the Christian faith has ...

Columnists

Sharon Randall: Days worth waking up for in morning

By Sharon Randall Some days are almost too much to believe. You’ve had days like that, right? Let ...

Guest columns

Thomas Mills: NC Senate leader rebukes House vote

Editor’s note: The following are two excerpts from posts by politicsnc.com Founder and Publisher Thomas Mills on his ...

Columnists

John Hood: NC should change how it pays teachers

By John Hood RALEIGH — About this time last year, progressive activists and Democratic politicians were trumpeting the ...

Guest columns

D.G. Martin: Like Clinton, Trump will come back strong

By D.G. Martin Trump is going to survive. It is the Republican Party we should be worried about. ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: City Council candidates get first facetime with voters at forum

A Salisbury City Council forum organized by the group Rowan Concerned Citizens last week showed that, while all ...

Columns

Kent Bernhardt: Goodbye Summer – hello pumpkin spice

  As autumn approaches and gradually overtakes us, we bid a fond farewell to parties by the pool, ...

Health

David Freeze: Gotta Run

  Helping kids discover running   Adult running is a view of life through a wide-angle lens, with ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Rambling, pathetic Trump makes Capt. Queeg look like Capt. Kirk

By Leonard Pitts Jr. Only the ball bearings were missing. The reference, for those who don’t know, is ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Climate activist doesn’t know it all at age 16

By Cal Thomas How much credibility should we give to a 16-year-old when considering her qualifications to lecture ...

Opinion

Memories of fall in North Carolina

Fall has long been my favorite time of year. The air cools. The leaves show their true colors. ...

Columnists

Marc Thiessen: Democrats have double standard on Ukraine

By Marc Thiessen WASHINGTON — We don’t yet know whether President Trump delayed some military aid to Ukraine ...

Columnists

Gary Pearce: She left Wall Street to fight gerrymandering

By Gary Pearce Mary Wills Bode was on the New York City subway last year when her life ...

Opinion

John Hood: Uncertainty on policy has economic cost

By John Hood RALEIGH — Progressives and conservatives argue about economic policy all the time. At government’s current ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Lines change, party representation won’t if new maps pass muster

When legislators were ordered by a state court to redraw district lines for the state House and Senate, ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: In Kavanaugh reboot, Democrats keep trying

By Cal Thomas When the Supreme Court, under a previous ideological majority, was handing down decisions favorable to ...

My Turn

My Turn, Roger Barbee: Tools advance from rocks to bricks to guns

By Roger Barbee During one seventh-grade recess in about 1958, I was playing second base. In those days, ...

Opinion

Donald van der Vaart: Do something to help environment instead of striking

By Donald van der Vaart Once again, a group of influential green groups and corporations are promoting a ...

Columnists

Ada Fisher: ‘Liking’ someone has no bearing on fairness

By Ada Fisher When actress Debra Messing sought to find a list of President Donald Trump’s supporters, boycott ...

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